Container and closure therefor



Nov.2s,` 1939.

A.. M. B ooTHBY r A1. CONTAINER AND cLosuRE THE/REFOR Filed om. 2s, 1936 wif/nin A s, BY

i Patented Nov. 28, 1939 UNITED STAT-Es CONTAINER AND cLosUaE mamon. Arnon M: Bootnby, Newton, and Marshall E.

Gazette, Boston,- Mass., assignments, to President assignors, by' mesne and Directors of The Manhattan Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation o! New York, as trustee for Gibson Patent Containers, Ltd.

,I Application October 23, 1936, Serial No. 107,120 y 'l Claims.

This invention relates to paper containers and a closure therefor. The invention is particularly useful in containers of relatively large size adapt- 'ed for storage and shipment of bulk goods, and

Y especially where the goods are to be dispensed from the containers. It is to be understood that the term -paper is intended tocover lpaper or the like fibrous sheet materials or other suitable sheetl materials readily adapting themselves to the type of construction hereinrdisclosed.

The class of ldevice to which the invention is particularly adapted i'lnds a wide use as a means for packing andshipping ice cream andm other frozen edibles; the ice cream customarily being placedin the containers in fluid condition and the containers then'being stacked-in a freezing room and from there shipped to dealers. One popular size for such containers is 21/2 gallons. Preferably, where the size is 21/2 gallons or smaller, the dealers stack two or more containers one upon the other in refrigerating cabinets and dispense the ice cream froml the containers as the demand arises. It has been found thatin containers of this class, the closure heretofore employed become displacedin handling the lled containers for storage vand shipment purposes, 'and that' in stacking the' lled containers in storage, shipment and dispensing use the superposed containers were not as stable as desired. Furthermore, when in .dispensing use, as in a dealers refrigerating cabinet, With the containers open for access with aserving dipper, the prior devices did not permit secure stacking.

Anobject of this invention is to provide an article possessing the advantages and free from Ithe objections heretofore lreferredto; and at the same time providing an article which' mightbe economically and commercially manufactured.

This invention consists in the novel features, arrangements and combination of parts 'embodied byway of example in the article hereinafter described as' illustrating the preferred form of the invention, and the invention will' belmore 'particularly pointedl out in the appended claims.'

Further objects, features and advantages of the invention4 will appear from the followingspecification and claims taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which v Fig. 1 is avperspective view of a container and closure therefor,

Fig. 2 is a segmental longitudinal section showing in further particularity Vthe structural de-v tails.

3 is a somewhat similar view showing the i 55 relationship of a series ofcontainers when inV i iency so stacked condition while the containers remain unopened, and i Fig. 4; is a similar View illustrating the relationship.` vas in Fig. 3, but with the containers opened.

The container is formed with a lmulti-ply spirally wound cylindrical side wall l, in the. lower.endv of which is suitably supported the bottom 2. .The upper edge of the body l is turned over to provide a bead 3 which is preferably in the nature of a relatively lobse rolled section and whichV preferably provides a .certain degree of resiliency in the bead. While the invention contemplates container bodies of various forms, it is more especially applicable where the bodies are in collapsible form. Y

The closure means comprises a side wall element 4 and a cover element 5. 'Ihe sidewall 4 (Fig. 2) is in the 'form of a cylindrical band which may be made inany suitable manner but which is shown as being formed'of multi-ply spirally wound paper stock, whose upper edge is turned inwardly to provide a bead S which is preferably in the form of a rolled edge and whose lower edge is turned inwardly to provide a bead 1 preferably in the' form of a relatively loose rolled edge. The said beads '6 and 1 are spaced apart in an axial direction a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the cover member 5 plus the vertical thickness of the bead 3 so as to provide a substantially tight seal between cover 5 andbeadll, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 2; and the cover member 5, which preferably is in thewform of a disc of heavy cardboard or other suitable material, is held within the side wall 4 byand between the beads 6 and 1. 'Thel lower bead 1 provides a certain degree of resilthat although its internal diameter isy v"substantially less than the external diameter Iof the bead 3, nevertheless there is sufficient resiliency in the aggregate between the beads 3 and 1 to permit the bead 1 to be snapped over the bead 3, andwhen this has been done the disposition and formation of the parts aresuch that the disclis held between the beads 6 and` 3 by means of the locking action of the bead 1 beneath the bead 3. The internal diameter of the member 4A intermediatethe beads 6 and 1 is substantially equalto the external diameter of the bead 3,' and-the internal diameters of the vbeads 6 and 1 are substantially equal to the external diamv eter of the container body l; these dimensions being such thatthe band 4 snugly engages the bead 3 and the bead 1snugly1engages the'exsenor ofthe container may 4|, 1n adamant@ being positioned underneath the bead 3 as previously described. v

, The construction of the container closure and the relationship of the disc cover 5 and band 4 provide certain additional advantages. For example, with the disc freely disposed between the beads 6 and 1 the closure means may be inserted in the reverse direction to that shown in Fig. 2, whereby the bead 6 will be positioned beneath the -bead 3 and the bead 1 .will be positioned above the bead 3 with the disc 5 held between the beads l and 3 instead of ,between '6 and 3 as illustrated in Fig. 2; thus permitting disc 5 to be put in with either face upwardly and hence permitting a reversal to disclose a differ ent type of face or a face having different characteristics as indicia, instructions, etc. In either of the positions of the closure means in assembled relationship with the container it is to be particularly noted that in stacking the containers one upon the other when the closure means vare in position there is provided means for holding the stacked containers in cooperative relationship as will be clearly illustrated by referring `to Fig. 3, from which it will be seen that the uppermost bead (in the illustration the bead 6) is adapted for intertting engagement so as to receive the lower end of a superimposed container. In this condition the stacked containers are very securely and rmly heldin the desired relationship.

It is particularly within the contemplation of the invention that when the containers are in use, such as in dispensing ice cream or other contentstherefrom, the cover member or disc 5 be removed without disturbing the band 4, thereby leaving the band 4 with its two marginal beads B and 'l in position as a protection for the upper edge of the container when invdispensing use, such for example as when scoops are used to remove ice cream therefrom; and in this condition the opened containers may yet be stacked one upon the other, such as in the dealers refrigerating cabinet, as will be clearly illustrated in Fig. 4. This is particularly desirable because containers of this character may be used in multiple-(as where several flavors of ice' cream are packed in respectively separate containers) within a single cell or hole of a dealers refrigerating unit and remain in stacked but open condition, so that ready access may be had to any given container with relatively little trouble. A

It will be understood from the foregoing that where the inventive embodiment comprises a'container wall l which is collapsible (such for example as that disclosed in our previous Patent No. 2,037,675), the cover band being reinforced as it is by the beads such as (i and?, serves to ma-' terially reinforce the collapsible side wall l and hold it in substantially cylindrical condition at its upper end even after the cover 5 has been re- V moved and regardless ofthe degree kto which the contents have been removed.

Having thus described our invention with particularity with reference to its preferred vform, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art, after understanding our invention, that other changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and. scope of our invention, and we aim in the appended claims to cover such changes and modic'ations as are within the scope of the invention.

What we claim is:

l. A container closure comprising a circular peripheral closure band formed of a plurality of plies of spiral wound paperboard material prvided at each respectively opposite edge with an inwardly extending peripherally continuous resilient bead and a closure end positioned between said beads, the inner edges of said beads in an axial direction being spacedapart a distance substantially equal to the aggregate thickness in an axial direction of said closure end and of an outwardly extending bead on the container for which said closure is adapted.

2. A closure for a cylindrical container comprising a cylindrical peripheral closure band formed of a plurality of plies of spiral wound paperboard material provided at each respectively opposite edge with an inwardly extending peripherally continuous resilient bead and a closure end positioned between said beads, the inner edges of said beads in an axial direction being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the aggregate thickness in an axial direction of said closure end and of an outwardly extending bead on the container for which said closure is adapted, the internal diameters of said beads being normally substantiallyless than the external diameter of said outwardly extending container bead.

3. The combination of a cylindrical container' formed of paperboard material, said container having an outwardly extending bead at its upper extremity, and a closure comprising a peripheral band formed of a plurality of plies of spiral wound paperboard material,- said plural-ply band having an upper inwardly extending bead and a lower inwardly extending peripherally continuous resilient bead and a disc positioned between said beads within said band, the dimensions and cooperative relationship of said container bead and said closure band beads being such that when said closure is in operative position said disc is positioned between the upper edge of said container and the upper bead on said closure band with the lower bead of said closure band underlying said container bead.

4. The-combination of a cylindrical container formed of paperboard material, said container having an outwardly extending bead at its upper extremity, and a closure comprising a peripheral band formed of a plurality of plies of paperboard material, said plural-ply band having an upper inwardly extending bead and a lower inwardly extending bead and a disc positioned between said beads within said band, the dimensions and cooperative relationship of the parts being such that when said closure is in operative position said disc is held between the upper edge of said container and the upper bead on said closure band with the lower bead of said closure band locked beneath said container bead, said three Vbeads cooperating to resiliently clamp said disc in sealing engagement with the upper extremity of the container.

5.' The combination of a cylindrical container of substantially uniform interior diameter formed of a plurality of plies of spiral wound paperboard material, said container having an outwardly extending bead at its upper extremity, and a closure comprising a peripheral band formed of a plusaid closure band underlying the rolled edge of band with the lower bead of said closure band underlying said container bead and the upper bead on said closure band being adapted to intert exteriorly of the lower end of another of said containers for stacking purposes.

6. The combination of a cylindrical container formed of paperboard material, said container having an outwardly extending rolled edge at its A upper extremity, and a closure comprising a peripheral multi-ply paperboard band formed of a plurality of plies of spiral wound paperboard material; said plural-ply band having an upper inwardly extending rolled edge and a lower inwardly extending rolled edge and a disc positioned between said rolled edges within said band, the

dimensions and cooperative relationship of saidv parts being such that the rolled edges of said band each have a normal `internal diameter substantially less than the normal external diameter of the rolled edge of said container, the rolled edge of said container and one of the rolled edges of said band providing an aggregate resiliency-permitting the former to be forced over the latter and when said closure is in operative position, said disc being positioned between the upper edge of said container and the upper rolled edge on said closure band with the lower rolled edge of said container. y

7. 'I'he combination oi!l a cylindrical container formed of a plurality of plies of spiral wound paperboard material, said container havingan outwardly extending bead at its upper extremity, and a closure comprising 'a peripheral band formed oi a plurality of plies of spiral wound paperboard material, said plural-ply band hav- -ing an upper inwardly extending vbead .and a lower inwardly extending bead and a disc positioned between said beads within saidA band, the

of said containers in superimposed interlockedv condition after the closure disc of the relatively lower container has been removed.

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